juxta

juxtā, adv. and prep. [ sup. form from jugis; v. jungo], near to, nigh.

I.

Adv.

A.

Lit., of place.

1.

Of several objects, near together, in close proximity:

theatra duo juxta fecit amplissima e ligno,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 117.—

2.

In gen., near at hand, near, near by, hard by, close to, by the side of:

legio, quae juxta constiterat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 1:

ut sellam juxta poneret,

Sall. J. 65, 2:

furiarum maxima juxta Accubat,

Verg. A. 6, 605:

forte fuit juxta tumulus,

id. ib. 3, 22:

procul vel juxta sitas vires circumspectabat,

Tac. H. 2, 72: talem perlatum Pompeio juxta res gerenti Mithridatico bello, Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 51:

abjecto clam juxta pugione,

Suet. Ner. 34:

thermisque juxta celeriter constructis,

id. Tit. 7.—

Rarely with verbs of motion: accedere juxta,

Ov. M. 8, 809.—

B.

Transf., in like manner, equally, alike (syn.: aeque, pariter).

(α).

Absol.:

eorum ego vitam mortemque juxta aestimo,

Sall. C. 2:

aestatem et hiemem juxta pati,

id. J. 85, 33:

ceteri juxta insontes,

Liv. 24, 5, 13:

qui Argenta habent, aliaque castella juxta ignobilia,

id. 32, 14, 2:

juxta periculosum seu ficta seu vera promeret,

Tac. A. 1, 6:

solo caeloque juxta gravi,

id. H. 5, 7.—

(β).

With dat.:

Fabius omittendam rem parvam ac juxta magnis difficilem censebat,

Liv. 24, 19, 6.—

(γ).

With ac, atque, et, quam, cum, in the sense of as, than (cf.:

aeque ac, pariter ac, etc.): juxta tecum aeque scio,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 75:

juxta eam curo cum mea,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 160 (so always in Plaut.;

v. Brix ad loc.): juxta mecum omnes intellegitis,

Sall. C. 58, 5:

absentium bona juxta atque interemptorum divisa fuere,

Liv. 1, 54, 9; 3, 33, 10:

juxta eam rem aegre passi patres, quam cum consulatum vulgari viderent,

i. e. were just as indignant, id. 10, 6, 9: qui me, juxta ac si meus frater esset, sustentavit, just as if, = non secus ac si, Cic. post Red. ap. Sen. 8, 20:

juxta ac si hostes adessent,

Sall. J. 45, 2; Liv. 22, 31, 3:

in re juxta manifesta atque atroci,

id. 3, 33, 10; 24, 5, 13; 21, 33, 4;

5, 6, 5: reipublicae juxta ac sibi consulere,

Sall. C. 37, 8:

litteris Graecis atque Latinis juxta eruditus,

id. J. 95, 3:

juxta bonos et malos interficere,

id. C. 51, 30.—

II.

Prep., with acc., very near, close to, near to, hard by (not ante-class.).

A.

Lit., of place:

juxta eum castra posuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 41, 4; 3, 65, 4; 3, 20, 1; Nep. Dat. 1, 1; id. Att. 22 fin.; Quint. 8, 4, 22:

juxta murum castra posuit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 16, 4:

totos dies juxta focum atque ignem agunt,

Tac. G. 17; Col. 4, 8, 2.—Placed after the case:

hanc (aram) juxta,

Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

vicina Ceraunia juxta,

Verg. A. 3, 506:

cubiculum Caesaris juxta,

Tac. A. 13, 15 fin.:

Rhenum juxta,

id. ib. 4, 5:

Tiberim juxta,

id. ib. 2, 41:

Aditum juxta moenia urbis Volsco militi struxit,

Val. Max. 5, 4, 1.—

B.

Transf.

1.

Next to, immediately after, beside, on a par with:

juxta deos in tua manu positum est,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

apud quos juxta divinas religiones, humana fides colitur,

Liv. 9, 9, 4:

homo, juxta M. Varronem doctissimus,

Gell. 4, 9:

vilitate juxta beluas esse,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 26.—

2.

Near, approaching to, like, almost the same as:

velocitas juxta formidinem, cunctatio propior constantiae est,

Tac. G. 30:

gravitate annonae juxta seditionem ventum est,

id. A. 6, 13:

juxta seditionem esse,

Sall. H. 3, 67, 11 Dietsch:

populi imperium juxta libertatem,

Tac. A. 6, 42:

sapor juxta fontis dulcissimos,

Sall. H. 4, 13.—

3.

Along with, together with: cum interea lucubrando faceret juxta ancillas lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 322: juxta se conjuges vexari, just as:

pariter ac,

Liv. 41, 6:

periculosiores sunt inimicitiae juxta libertatem,

among a free people, Tac. G. 21.—

4.

In consequence of, in proportion to (post-class., except one doubtful passage in Liv.):

huic consuetudo juxta vicinitatem cum Aebutio fuit,

Liv. 39, 9, 6 dub. Weissenb. ad loc.:

quem juxta nocturnum visum ergastulo liberavit,

Just. 1, 7, 1:

convivium juxta regiam magnificentiam ludis exornat,

id. 12, 3, 11.—

5.

According to:

juxta praeceptum,

Just. 2, 12, 25; Nazar. Pan. Const. 23; Vulg. Gen. 1, 11:

juxta morem,

id. ib. 19, 31:

juxta hoc videtur et divus Hadrianus rescripsisse in haec verba,

Dig. 29, 5, 1, § 28:

juxta inclytum oratorem,

Hier. Ep. 82.